Southwest Iowa Association of REALTORS

Rachel Pierce, Mortgage Loan Specialist & Loan Officer with Benchmark Mortgage Omaha (NMLS #623836) has built her career based upon building genuine, authentic, and meaningful relationships with her clients and business partners. Rachel offers up a lot of golden nuggets to that will help you stay top of mind and deepen relationships with your clients and lender partners as a REALTOR. Rachel can be reached at 402-933-1527!

This episode features Rebecca Castle, who is part of SWINT (Southwest Iowa Nature Trails), which oversees the Wabash Trace Nature Trail. The Trace runs 63 miles and over 72 bridges through scenic Southwest Iowa and is the beneficiary of our 36th annual SWIAR golf bash! Learn more about the trail at https://www.wabashtrace.org/ and sponsor a hole or register your team for the golf bash taking place on Sept. 14th at www.SWIARgolfbash.com! 

This month, Amy Haggstrom, 2023 SWIAR President, & Amy Svoboda, SWIAR Executive Director attended the annual REALTOR Legislative Meetings in Washington, DC. On this episode the SWIAR Podcast, Amy & Amy discuss what they learned, what the experts had to say, a recap of the current law suits that affect all REALTORS, how Aritificial Intelligence is affecting our industry, & more. 

Erin Trescott is a Senior Loan Officer with Guild Mortgage and can be reached at 402.315.4549. Erin busts current myths in the mortgage world that she is hearing from REALTORS & clients, including debates regarding down payments, rates, bridge loans, & more! 

Kim Stephens, Managing Broker and NE & IA REALTOR at kwELITE in Omaha, NE, is a self-made short sale expert! Kim tells us her personal story, as well as what a short sale is, how the short sale process works, and how she has helped her clients avoid foreclosure! Kim can be reached at 402-203-9106! 

Klaire Cross with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Ambassador Real Estate, and Rachelle Edwards with Heartland Properties, invite you to join them at the Your Professional Network event May 3, 2023 at The Porch. Klaire and Rachelle expain what YPN is, what the committee does, and how to get involved!

Jay Kathol of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Ambassador Real Estate, has a lot of experience in foreclosures - selling, managing & even investing himself. Listen in this week as Jay discusses how he got into the business, what goes into selling foreclosures, how to find them, and what he predicts the market will do in the near future. Jay has had some crazy experiences selling foreclosures, including but not limited to a frozen cat... you won't want to miss this tell-all episode! 

This week, Shawn Lake and Alicia Frieze are in the studio to discuss fair housing, fair housing month, and an upcoming event featuring a FREE event for SWIAR members on April 26, 2023 at the Council Bluffs Public Library from 9:30-11. Angel Starks will be giving a presentation, "Everyone Wins", and discussing best practices for fair housing. 

This week we turn the tables and SWIAR interviews our weekly host, Todd Studer. Todd is the owner of the Studios on South 4th, Todd Studer Productions, and is the manager and voice of the new Council Bluffs radio station, Bluffs Country 106.5. Learn more about Todd, his studio, and how audio recording, video, podcasting, and more can help you with your real estate business! Visit https://www.studioson4th.com/ to contact Todd Studer.